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Just add water and stir — Owens Lake shows Utahns that even when salty lakes hit their lowest point, they can recover

Leia Larson

October 12, 2022 |

The Salt Lake Tribune |

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Response Location: United States, Lone Pine, California

To adjust from L.A. regularly draining Owens Lake for its water supply, locals have found that they can recover the dry lake by simply re-adding water to it, which prevents it from creating toxic dust storms. When water is added to the lake, the environment wakes up and becomes home to several plants and animals, specifically millions of birds, which depend on habitats like Owens Lake when traveling around the world.

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How to restore PH's lost mangrove forest? An Iloilo town shows the way

Arnel Murga

October 12, 2022 |

Rappler |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Philippines, Iloilo

Leganes Integrated Katunggan Ecopark in the Philippines is a mangrove rehabilitation project in which volunteers planted over 1,700 seedlings to restore a 200-meter greenbelt.

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New technology provides hope for the Great Lakes' polluted waters

Abigail Comar

October 12, 2022 |

Great Lakes Echo |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Ohio

Hypernucleation flotation technology skims water to separate out the harmful algae blooms. That process brings the nutrient levels in the body of water down to a level that other living things can survive in.

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Digging into Minnesota's peat, an underappreciated climate superhero

Dan Kraker

October 10, 2022 |

MPR News |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Minnesota

Researchers are studying the peatlands in Minnesota to understand how to best enhance their carbon storage and minimize carbon and methane emissions as the climate warms.

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To Grow Coral Reefs, Get Them Buzzed

Geetanjali Krishna

October 06, 2022 |

Reasons to be Cheerful |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: India, Andaman Islands

ReefWatch Marine Conservation is creating artificial coral reefs near India’s Andaman Islands by connecting the metal frame they are growing on to a solar panel that provides a continuous electrical current to accelerate the formation process.

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UWindsor undergrad cuts research costs with DIY erosion sensors

Jack Armstrong

October 06, 2022 |

Great Lakes Echo |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Canada, Windsor, Ontario

A student at Canada’s University of Windsor is creating DIY transducers, which are devices that measure wave pressure, to help researchers track shoreline erosion from water vessels in a larger area than they could afford to study otherwise.

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'It was critical': Berm raised to help save the Great Salt Lake

Ben Winslow

September 23, 2022 |

KSTU-TV |

Broadcast TV News |

Under 3 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Lakeside, Utah

Utah’s Division of Water Resources raised a berm in a causeway that crosses the Great Salt Lake to level out the salinity and protect brine shrimp by limiting the amount of water passing between both sides.

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Colorado ranchers moove into the future with virtual fences that help sustain public grasslands

Jason Blevins

September 21, 2022 |

The Colorado Sun |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Colorado

Ranchers in the Upper Colorado River District use collars and virtual fences broadcast through antennas and cell towers to keep cows grazing in specific areas. The practice is used to promote native grass growth and sustain public grassland.

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B.C. whales have their own police — but is it enough to fend off humans?

Stefan Labbé

September 19, 2022 |

North Shore News |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Canada, British Columbia

A Whale Protection Unit in British Columbia, Canada, patrols the sea to protect whales from boats and ensure boaters are following federal regulations by staying out of whale sanctuary zones.

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Inside a 50-year journey to reopen the 'lungs' of the Squamish River

Steph Kwetásel’wet Wood

September 17, 2022 |

The Narwhal |

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Response Location: Squamish Nation, Canada, British Columbia

The Squamish Nation, the Squamish River Watershed Society, and the Canadian federal government are working together to restore the Squamish estuary and save the local salmon population. The coalition removed part of a spit that was placed in the river by a rail company in the 1970s without consulting the Squamish Nation.

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